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1. Madadayo (1993)
134 min | Drama
Following World War II, a retired professor approaching his autumn years finds his quality of life drastically reduced in war-torn Tokyo. Denying despair, he pursues writing and celebrates his birthday with his adoring students.
Directors: Akira Kurosawa, Ishirô Honda | Stars: Tatsuo Matsumura, Hisashi Igawa, George Tokoro, Masayuki Yui
Votes: 6,166 | Gross: $0.05M
2. Love and Honor (2006)
PG-13 | 122 min | Drama, History, Romance
A look at the relationship between a young blind samurai (Kimura) and his wife, who will make a sacrifice in order to defend her husband's honor.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Takuya Kimura, Rei Dan, Mitsugorô Bandô, Takashi Sasano
Votes: 4,293 | Gross: $0.02M
3. Kame wa igai to hayaku oyogu (2005)
90 min | Comedy
Suzume Katagura is a bored housewife who spends her days doing chores and taking care of her husband's pet turtle. One day she sees a wanted ad for spies. Hoping for some excitement she decides to give them a call.
Director: Satoshi Miki | Stars: Juri Ueno, Yû Aoi, Ryô Iwamatsu, Eri Fuse
Votes: 985
4. Supermarket Woman (1996)
127 min | Comedy
Goro's supermarket is not doing well; the rival "Bargains Galore" threatens his business. A chance encounter with Hanako, an energetic woman he knew in grade school, results in big retail and life changes.
Director: Jûzô Itami | Stars: Nobuko Miyamoto, Masahiko Tsugawa, Ryûnosuke Kaneda, Sen Yano
Votes: 903
5. Party 7 (2000)
Not Rated | 104 min | Comedy
Seven characters, introduced at the start of the film, get thrown together into the same hotel room: a thief who's stolen a suitcase of money from the mob, his ex-girlfriend, her obsessive ... See full summary »
Director: Katsuhito Ishii | Stars: Masatoshi Nagase, Akemi Kobayashi, Yoshinori Okada, Keisuke Horibe
Votes: 727
6. A Taxing Woman's Return (1988)
127 min | Comedy, Crime
Ryoko Itakura returns as the government tax agent willing to tackle the toughest cases. This time she takes on a fanatical but lucrative religious cult run by a vile lecher.
Director: Jûzô Itami | Stars: Nobuko Miyamoto, Rentarô Mikuni, Masahiko Tsugawa, Tetsurô Tanba
Votes: 718 | Gross: $0.33M
7. Akuma no temari-uta (1977)
144 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Kôsuke Kindaichi, a somewhat peculiar private detective, visits a remote town. He meets a police detective and they start to investigate an old unsolved murder. Then some murders happen. ... See full summary »
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Kôji Ishizaka, Keiko Kishi, Akiko Nishina, Kôji Kita
Votes: 380
8. A Quiet Life (1995)
121 min | Drama
Melodrama about the life of a mentally handicapped young man and his devoted sister after their famous novelist father and housewife mother go to Australia on a business trip.
Director: Jûzô Itami | Stars: Masayuki Imai, Nobuko Miyamoto, Hinako Saeki, Mihoko Shibata
Votes: 273
9. I Am a Cat (1975)
116 min | Comedy, Drama
The cat of the title roams around the house of a poor schoolteacher in the late 19th century, observing the goings-on of the teacher and his neighbors.
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Kuriko Hano, Jûzô Itami, Nobuto Okamoto
Votes: 262
10. Iryû: Team Medical Dragon (2006– )
Drama
Ryutaro Asada, a renegade but brilliant surgeon, was being framed for a misdiagnosis and let go by the North Japanese Hospital. He went into exile and lived in a seaside shack when he was ... See full summary »
Stars: Kenji Sakaguchi, Teppei Koike, Sadao Abe, Tetsuhiro Ikeda
Votes: 193
11. Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro (2003–2005)
5 min | Short, Horror
An anthology series based on stories collected throughout Japan, mainly by writers Hirokatsu Kihara and Ichiro Nakayama. This series led to the film, Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan: The Movie (2004).
Stars: Rina Uchiyama, Yôzaburô Itô, Satomi Ishii, Kaoru Mizuki
Votes: 175
12. The House of Hanging (1979)
139 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Kosuke visits a photo studio to take photo for his passport. There he happens to meet a daughter who came to request a wedding anniversary photo shoot.
Director: Kon Ichikawa | Stars: Kôji Ishizaka, Yoshiko Sakuma, Junko Sakurada, Takako Irie
Votes: 164
13. Legal V: Ex-lawyer Shoko Takanashi (2018)
Drama
Shoko Takanashi is a former lawyer who had her license revoked. Prior to her disbarment, there were dark rumors that she punched her boss and that she was extorting in collaboration with ... See full summary »
Stars: Ryôko Yonekura, Nanao, Fumiyo Kohinata, Shôhei Miura
Votes: 154
14. Hiru no Sento Zake (2016– )
30 min | Comedy
42-year-old Utsumi Takayuki works for Second Division of Hinode Advertising's Planning and Sales Department. He was transferred from the General Affairs Department one year ago, but he ... See full summary »
Stars: Shigeyuki Totsugi, Akiko Yagi, Tokio Emoto, Aika Hirota
Votes: 112
15. Taira no Kiyomori (2012–2013)
Drama, History
The 51st NHK Taiga drama recounts the life of Taira no Kiyomori (1118-1181), a general of the Heian period, who established the first samurai-based government in Japan.
Stars: Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Takaya Kamikawa, Masaki Okada, Kyôko Fukada
Votes: 67
16. Brother Beat (2005– )
Comedy, Drama
They don't know when to stop, and live life to the fullest meet the never-a-dull-moment Sakurai family, where nobody holds their feelings back. Returning to serial drama for the first time ... See full summary »
Stars: Misako Tanaka, Tetsuji Tamayama, Ryôko Kuninaka, Mokomichi Hayami
Votes: 58
17. Massan (2014–2015)
15 min | Biography, Drama, History
Massan is based on the lives of Masataka Taketsuru and his wife Jessie Roberta "Rita" Cowan, a Scotswoman Taketsuru met while studying abroad. American actress Charlotte Kate Fox stars as ... See full synopsis »
Stars: Tetsuji Tamayama, Charlotte Kate Fox, Youko Matsuoka, Norito Yashima
Votes: 56
18. Sniffer the Investigation Officer (2016– )
44 min | Drama
"My nose is never wrong". Hanaoka Shinichiro's other name is "The Sniffer". He is a consultant who only solves particular important criminal cases. Once Hanaoka gets a whiff, he can uncover... See full summary »
Stars: Hiroshi Abe, Teruyuki Kagawa, Haruka Igawa, Yuka Itaya
Votes: 46
19. Tetsuko no heya (1976– )
35 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, Meiko Nakamura, Makoto Ôtake, Tomio Umezawa
Votes: 33
20. Sengyô shufu tantei: watashi wa shadow (2011)
Mystery
Asagi Serina is a housewife who loves her husband, Takefumi, to the extent that she would not mind being his shadow. However, his response to her excessive devotion is to attempt to avoid ... See full summary »
Stars: Kyôko Fukada, Naohito Fujiki, Kenta Kiritani, Yôjin Hino
Votes: 32
21. The Vulture (2007– )
Drama
A Japanese company is being targeted by an American financial group Horizon that takes advantage of weak and struggling firms. Horizon sends a Japanese financier/former vulture Masahiko Washizu to do the job.
Stars: Ian Moore, Laurence Midori Ohta, Kenta Satoi, Chiaki Kuriyama
Votes: 31
22. Maboroshi no Yamataikoku (2008)
118 min | Drama
Kohei Miyazaki, a former railroad worker, has become obsessed with discovering the ancient country of Yamataikoku. His obsession sprouted from a day when he discovered ancient ceramics ... See full summary »
Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi | Stars: Sayuri Yoshinaga, Naoto Takenaka, Yumi Asô, Kimimaro Ayanokôji
Votes: 27
23. The God of Risk (2015– )
54 min | Drama
Satoshi Saigyoji is a legendary expert in the field of crisis management who is known as "The God of Risk." He worked in crisis management for General Electric in the U.S. and for the ... See full summary »
Stars: Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Erika Toda, Gô Morita, Min Tanaka
Votes: 24
24. Sosuke Loses His Lover (1992)
106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director: Kôji Wakamatsu | Stars: Yoshio Harada, Miwako Fujitani, Yoko Kuga, Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Votes: 23
25. Tsuribaka nisshi 13: Hama-chan kiki ippatsu! (2002)
109 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Katsuhide Motoki | Stars: Toshiyuki Nishida, Rentarô Mikuni, Kyôka Suzuki, Tetsurô Tanba
Votes: 19
26. Paato-taimu tantei (2002 TV Movie)
114 min | Comedy, Crime
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Keiko Matsuzaka, Eisaku Yoshida, Masaomi Kondô, Yoshiko Miyazaki
Votes: 17
27. Tamori kurabu (1982– )
Reality-TV, Talk-Show
Stars: Tamori, Hajime Anzai, Hiroshi Takeda, Yûsuke Minamida
Votes: 15
28. Wataru seken wa oni bakari (1990–2011)
45 min | Drama
Stars: Pinko Izumi, Kôji Ishizaka, Mari Okonogi, Kazukiyo Nishikiori
Votes: 14
29. Unmei ni, nita koi (2016– )
49 min | Drama, Romance
During their childhood, a little girl and a boy made a pledge to meet again. Now at the age of 45, the girl, Kasumi, is now a divorced mother of a son of high school age. She works as hard ... See full summary »
Stars: Tomoyo Harada, Takumi Saitô, Manami Konishi, Sayaka Yamaguchi
Votes: 14
30. Kanryôtachi no natsu (2009– )
Drama
The story takes place in 1955, ten years after losing in WWII. It tells the story of the government officials at the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (now the Ministry of ... See full summary »
Stars: Kôichi Satô, Masato Sakai, Kei Tanaka, Eri Murakawa
Votes: 13
31. Kuraimâzu hai (2005– )
75 min | Drama
Stars: Satomi Ishihara, Issei Takahashi, Yutaka Matsushige, Hirofumi Arai
Votes: 13
32. Kokushi muso (1986)
105 min | Comedy
Remake of classic samurai film of 1932.
Director: Nobuhiko Hosaka | Stars: Kiichi Nakai, Mieko Harada, Furankî Sakai, Kyôko Enami
Votes: 12
33. The Man Who Won 320 Million Yen in Lotto 6 (2008– )
Drama
Stars: Misaki Itô, Shô Oyamada, Kenji Anan, Yôko Ôshima
Votes: 11
34. Ichibun: Takuya Kimura (2006 Video)
90 min | Documentary
Stars: Mitsugorô Bandô, Rei Dan, Emiko Hiramatsu, Takuya Kimura
Votes: 11
35. Fuzoroi no ringotachi (1983–1997)
54 min | Drama
Stars: Kiichi Nakai, Saburô Tokitô, Satomi Tezuka, Mariko Ishihara
Votes: 10
36.
Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro (2003–2005)
Episode:
Sebiro-gaeshi (The Backward Suit)
(2003)
Short, Horror
A drunken father's barbed comments change after he walks down the wrong alley and comes home turned around.
Director: Ryûta Miyake | Stars: Megumi Kobashi, Nobuto Okamoto
Votes: 9
37. Karajishi kabushiki gaisha (1983)
102 min | Comedy
A yakuza released from prison finds that his clan has abandoned crime in order to make it big in show business.
Director: Chûsei Sone | Stars: Sanma Akashiya, Nagahide Arase, Kai Atô, Tatsuo Endô
Votes: 6
38. Kaneko Misuzu monogatari: Minna chigatte, minna ii (2012 TV Movie)
Biography
Kaneko Misuzu Monogatari tells about the brief life of poet and songwriter Kaneko Misuzu (real name, Kaneko Teru). The story starts in the spring of 1920, Kaneko Teru has just graduated ... See full summary »
Director: Makoto Kiyohiro | Stars: Aya Ueto, Tsubasa Imai, Yûki Matsumura, Miho Ôwada
Votes: 5
39. Be Free! (1986)
91 min | Drama
Director: Shin'ichi Nakada | Stars: Sakurako Akino, Arase, Kenji Haga, Kazue Itô
40. Tôge no gunzô (1982)
Drama, History
Stars: Sachiko Kagami, Ken Ogata, Kaoru Kobayashi, Jûzô Itami
41. Submersion of Japan (1974–1975)
55 min | Drama
Stars: Keiji Sakakida, Franz Gruber, Kazuo Suzuki, Eisaburo Komatsu
42. Ore wa otokoda! (1971– )
56 min | Comedy, Drama
Stars: Kensaku Morita, Kumi Hayase, Yuri Akiyama, Leo Morimoto
43. Haru yo koi (1994–1995)
15 min | Drama
A successful screenwriter looks back on her life when she learns her husband has cancer. A year-long series, starring Narumi Yasuda.
Stars: Narumi Yasuda, Yoshiko Nakada, Kazuyuki Aijima, Harue Akagi
44. Osharé daisakusen (1976)
85 min | Comedy
Director: Kengo Furusawa | Stars: Kaoru Yumi, Miyuki Kojima, Arihiro Fujimura, Jun Tazaki
45. Warui yatsura (2001 TV Movie)
120 min
Director: Shingo Matsubara | Stars: Etsushi Toyokawa, Hisako Manda, Takashi Naitô, Mariko Fuji
46. Ari yo saraba (1994– )
Drama
Rock 'n' roll superstar Eikichi Yazawa plays a substitute high school biology teacher whose clumsy social skills steadily mature as he helps his students struggle to balance work, school ... See full summary »
Stars: Eikichi Yazawa, Kyôzô Nagatsuka, Ryôsuke Miki, Nobuto Okamoto
47. Botchan (1977)
92 min | Drama
Director: Yôichi Maeda | Stars: Michiko Araki, Takeo Chii, Megumi Igarashi, Keiko Matsuzaka
48. Aishi suginakute yokatta (1998– )
46 min | Drama
Higashiyama Noriyuki stars as a playboy who is not about to be caught, and relative newcomer, Ryo, is the naive young woman who dreams of eventually ensnaring him even if she must sit back ... See full summary »
Stars: Noriyuki Higashiyama, Ryô, Hiroshi Fuse, Miki Sakai
49. Tosa no ipponzuri (1980)
91 min | Drama
A graduate of junior high school joins other locals and becomes a fisherman. He has a girlfriend who is two years older than he. Typically when the fishermen return to land they go for ... See full summary »
Director: Yôichi Maeda | Stars: Ako, Kai Atô, Gô Awazu, Keizô Kanie